Behat is not just a tool that helps to achieve browser automation. It can be used to test the different layers of applications and to have a better understanding of the domain.

1. Behat
C'est plus que ça !

2. Samuel Roze
@samuelroze
Software Engineer at Inviqa
SensioLabs UK

4. ehat@everzet
BDD framework for PHP

5. Defines a feature with Gherkin

6. Creates your context file

7. behat.yml

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Technical language

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Technical language
Implementation details

12. Describe your business behaviour, not the
implementation

13. Using examples?

14. I can still use Mink!

15. I can still use Mink!

16. I can still use Mink!

17. I can still use Mink!

18. But we can use our objects

19. But we can use our objects

20. But we can use our objects

21. We can also uses the both!
$
bin/behat
-­‐-­‐suite=smoke
order.feature behat.yml

22. We can also uses the both!
$
bin/behat
-­‐-­‐suite=smoke
order.feature behat.yml

23. We can also uses the both!
$
bin/behat
-­‐-­‐suite=smoke
order.feature behat.yml

24. Test this same behaviour on different layers

25. Inject Symfony2 services in context classes
behat.yml OrderContext.php

26. Inject Symfony2 services in context classes
behat.yml OrderContext.php

27. Inject Symfony2 services in context classes
behat.yml OrderContext.php

28. Inject Symfony2 services in context classes

29. And the dependencies?
Application
Persistence Third Party APIs

30. Interfaces
Instead of directly using these external dependencies, we
can wrap them behind our interfaces

31. Using another implementation for your test suites

32. Using another implementation for your test suites

33. Using another implementation for your test suites

34. Using another implementation for your test suites

35. Using another implementation for your test suites

36. Using another implementation for your test suites

37. Using another implementation for your test suites

38. Use different Symfony environments

39. Use different Symfony environments

40. Use different Symfony environments

41. Use different Symfony environments

42. Use different Symfony environments
$
bin/behat
-­‐-­‐profile=smoke

43. Decouple the application from its dependencies

44. Describe your business behaviour, not the
implementation
Takeaways

45. Describe your business behaviour, not the
implementation
Test this same behaviour on different layers
Takeaways

46. Decouple the application from its dependencies
Describe your business behaviour, not the
implementation
Test this same behaviour on different layers
Takeaways

47. Thank you!
https://joind.in/15260
@samuelroze